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...1733 and 1740 Jacques and his son [[César-François Cassini de Thury|César Cassini]] undertook the first triangulation of the whole country, including a re-su ...

...never convinced the director of the Paris Observatory, [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]], to fully accept it. However, it quickly gained support among other [[Nat ...nce|Louis XIV]] to set up the Royal Observatory, which opened in 1671 with Cassini as director, a post he would hold for the rest of his life. ...

...le a 1997 survey suggested that the astronomer [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini|Cassini]] may have recorded an impact in 1690.<ref>{{Cite journal |first1=Isshi |la ...

*[[Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio]] (1330–1388), doctor and clock-maker at Padua, son of ...di dell'Orologio]] (1293–1359), doctor and clock-maker at Padua, father of Giovanni ...

...first 4, out of a total of 27, spheres of Eudoxus' cosmic model following Giovanni Schiaparell. Each sphere has its own rotational axis that, together, genera In 1672 [[Jean Richer]] and [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] measure the [[astronomical unit]] (AU), the mean distance Earth-Sun, to b ...

...is-meridienne.jpg|thumb|The Meridian room of the [[Paris Observatory]] (or Cassini room): the [[Paris meridian]] is drawn on the ground.|left]] ...determination of the distance from Earth to the Sun by [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=M13. From Kepler's Laws To Universal Gravitation – ...

...rs. This phenomenon was investigated by the astronomer [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini]] in 1683. He explained Zodiacal light by interplanetary matter (dust) arou ...ers]] with over 100 meteors per hour can be observed. Italian astronomer [[Giovanni Schiaparelli]] concluded in 1866 that the [[Perseid meteors]] were fragment ...

...http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-battista-luppis|title=Lùppis, Giovanni Battista in "Enciclopedia Italiana"|website=www.treccani.it|language=it-IT| ...n a dolly, esp. toward or away from the subject being filmed or televised. Giovanni Pastrone first used this method in 1914. ...